 Is it even December if this doesn't happen? Here we go, the fines weren't enough to scare the cowboys from another dip inside the kettle. I would never be able to get out of that thing if I crawled in, Zeke and the boys ran away from the Colts in the fourth quarter in historic fashion, 54 to 19. It was a blowout, but not really. If you don't watch the game, you look at the final score and you're like, whoa, what happened here? But it doesn't come close to telling the story. This was a battle through three quarters. This was a 21 to 19 situation going into the fourth. And then Dallas somehow racks up 33 points in the final frame to completely put it away. And that is the most unanswered points the team has scored in the fourth quarter since the 1925. Let's see it, the 1925 Milwaukee Badgers. Listen, Milwaukee Badgers are no joke. And if L team pre-merger, of course, Badgers, they were around from 1922 to 1926. Asi Orwal was their big player. Listen, they had some epic battles and showdowns against the rival, the Potsfield Maroons, back in the day. What are we saying there? Did I get it wrong? Anyone? Oh, okay, he said nice. Nailed it, Potsfield Maroons, everybody. I'm gonna need that logo, an advantage T-shirt, but that's what we're talking about here, people. We've even seen that happen since 1925 and it went from, oh no, they might lose to the Colts to, oh no, let the Colts at least get out of there with some dignity, a shred of it, will you? And it happened like that, beyond the offensive explosion. It was cool to see safety, Malik Hooker. Have a nice moment against this, and we saw that all around the league yesterday, of course, Bobby Wagner will get to that one. But Malik Hooker's a really strong player that has had to deal with a lot and he's had injuries that he struggled with in his career. Now, if you look at the playoff picture as things shook out here post week 13, oh my gosh, the Cowboys, they're pretty much stuck in that five C thanks to the Eagles, but they've continued to gain momentum with each passing week and this team does feel a little different than past years. Am I right? Tweet me. Am I right? They're clicking. There's also something to be said about when it's happening, right? We're talking about week 14. Momentum's building, you're seeing it on the AFC side of things, I think with the Bengals a little bit. And then you have this other piece that might be somewhere named O'Dell Beckham, Jr., a piece that was very relevant last year, Super Bowl run for those Rams. And he is in the building, I believe, today. So, even if the Eagles run away with the division, you still kind of can't sleep on Dallas this year, especially if they do bring O'Dell into the building and somehow don't let him out of the building without signing a contract to be a Dallas Cowboy. All right, now time, and please tweet me at Up an Adams Show, at Hey K Adams with our takeaways from week 13. We have a great battle right there. Okay, and you guys went toe to toe, came out on top, it took everybody in this locker room. What are we saying, dawg? Happy with this. I'm happy with everything that's going on. The Bengals, they come away with a dramatic, emphatic 27 to 24 win over the Chiefs. Again, three zip is hard to do. Three zip is hard to do here. And that matchup going back to last year, this is a statement from this team that this was not a one year wonder or a fun Cinderella story. And I heard it all, all off season. It wasn't even on sports television. I was in Africa and I was here and everybody's saying, we won your winner, we won your winner, we double the up and sublime. Sorry, sorry, Buffalo, sorry Kansas City, but Cincinnati is not going anywhere. Sorry Ravens, and they're going to be a huge factor in the AFC once again, where they should be. And what jumped out to me yesterday was the sheer confidence this team showed down the stretch, even after, okay, I'm just gonna be dead, dead honest. I was a little, I don't know if you saw my Twitter, you would have been like, are you even a bangle stand? I was not super happy with some things I was saying because there were some costly mistakes that cost them some points. Like Chase, love you, you're back, you're feeling it, the whole read thing happened. I knew there would be some riffraff out there, but the taunting penalty when you didn't, Chase didn't even score the touchdown. That was an interesting move. And you know, like, did you win the game in the second quarter? No, and then there was this weird thing at the end of the half that was infuriating where the bangles, just take the points, heard of it, it works. So there were some rough moments, but none of them shook the team. In the highest pressure situation, they did their thing. They kept their foot on the gas, they made the right moves towards the end and they stayed aggressive and they, this is what I tweeted, and I shouldn't have tweeted it because I'm a woman tweeting this to a bunch of men that are following me, I said go for the throat, right? It was summed up perfectly by that third and 11 to close out the game. So Nance and Romo loved their call of this and let it just wash over you this morning. Pressure, to get that reception with Joshua Williams all over him. Oh my goodness, that is so bad. It was a gutsy call in the moment and if that is incomplete, Mahomes has almost two minutes to march down the field, knowing that a touchdown will win KC the game. Gutsy execution for Barrow to hang in the pocket with the guy, there's a dude barreling down on him and then Higgins to make that grab in traffic. So I love what Joe had to say after the game when he was asked about playing it safe. Trying to play it safe for you. No, I'm trying to, you know, the kind of, you know, the quarterback they have on the other side of the ball, you know, we can't settle for a field goal there. He's going to go down and win the game. So we got to find a way to get that conversion and teammate a big play just like he did last year in the AFC championship, same route, unbelievable catch. I loved this. I was tweeting about it. Don't kick a field goal. Don't let me catch you kicking a field goal. So the confidence, this mentality, yeah, this is me. If they could go field goal on this drive, I'm going to lose it because I also know the quarterback on the other side and it's hard to make those gutsy calls and then to execute them perfectly. But this mentality of staying aggressive, of slamming the door, not just taking the safe route, praying your defense gets a stop. This is what could potentially take this team even further than it did last season. Instead of letting what happened in the Super Bowl last year put fear of doubt in them, it seems like it almost empowered and emboldened these bangles. They went through every team's worst nightmare with how the loss to the Rams played out, right? And then there's this lazy narrative that is stuffed in our faces all off season that for the last 10 months, my goodness, teams that lose the Super Bowl are terrible the next year. They've proven that that's BS, I'm gonna swore, BS. They are every bit of the team they were in 2021. Maybe some pieces were reshuffled. All of that media chatter was absolute bull and this fan base doesn't have anything to be worried about. Joe Burrow is just different and as long as they have him, you're okay and the locker room is different and not only the rest of the AFC but the rest of the league should be afraid of that. And speaking of the rest of the AFC, let's take a look. Playoff picture thrown into complete madness. I like this yesterday's events. By the way, who had a better day than the Bills yesterday? Come on, you're sitting pretty. Everything that you needed to happen, their Bills fan Brian happened. The Chiefs of Dolphins, that means the Bills are again, firmly in the one seed, bangles in a wildcard spot because the AFC North leading Ravens, they also got a win miraculously yesterday since he does now have a two game cushion over those in the hunt teams though, meaning they should feel pretty comfortable getting into the playoffs and then wreaking havoc on the rest of the league. Okay, let's talk about this. I mentioned the Dolphins loss. They felt 33 to 17 at the hands of the Niners, Sands, Jimmy Garoppolo. That is a game that we should dig into here as a takeaway from yesterday. First off, thoughts out to Jimmy Garoppolo, a team leader, a winner. He's done his thing and now he's done for the year with a foot injury. Tremendous performance this season though in place of Trey Lance dealing with all that drama better than anyone could. And this is the guy who's written off all of the time. That shouldn't be glossed over. And I do think that even if the new quarterback of they bring Baker in, whatever it is, whatever happens, it's hard to fill the void from a leadership perspective, from a locker room perspective, from a winning and confidence and experience perspective that Jimmy Garoppolo brought to this locker room. But then I'm not gonna just give up on this team because there was no reason to, especially after what I saw yesterday, the Niners rallied and Brock Purdy deserves credit here, the 262nd and final pick of the draft out of Iowa State. Okay, he was forced into action. He looked awesome, finishing 210 yards, two touchdowns in relief of Jimmy. And Shanahan, he had some interesting things to say about the performance. Listen to this. Brock came in and made some big plays. He plays, he's got some balls out there. Forgive me for saying it that way. He's, you know, we got to clean some stuff up, obviously, but just throwing them in there in the heat of battle like that, how much zero that team did too, which you guys could see. That was a big plan of theirs and they had some good adjustments taking away some of our hot throws. So we were gonna change a lot of stuff on the fly. So putting a lot of pressure on him in that way. And I thought he did a hell of a job doing it. He did. And it's gonna be on him and on Shanahan. Of course, there's a lot of pressure. The rook held up yesterday, but let's be honest, the defense for the Niners really got this thing done. Two long touchdown passes, beautiful once man that went to Tyreek was sweet, but they stifled this Dolphins attack. One of the best teams in the league. They held Miami without a third down conversion on the day. Nick Bosa, I mean, stamp it, put it away and just give him the award now. That is your defensive player of the year. His three sacks, move him into the league lead and he just consistently got after Tua. He made it hell for him and he, there was no, yeah, there he is. There was no world the Dolphins could have any rhythm when this was going on. So you look at it, three sacks, unbelievable. I think it's up to about 14 and a half, I think, on the year. The Niners, if we take a look at the playoff picture, they're on top of the West. And why, while I think the road's gotten sort of significantly tougher without Jimmy G, I do believe that it is tougher. I'm not gonna bury them yet. The defense, Debo, CMC, Kittle, Trent Williams, all the talent John Lynch has amassed on the roster. This team is still extremely dangerous and to all the people saying the Niners season is over. I leave you with this. There he is, the shrug. I'm doing the shrug for him. We'll see. Jimmy's gonna create an uphill battle. I think they're gonna be okay. And it's not to take away from what Jimmy Grappler means. It just means it's a great team also and Shanahan's gonna keep them going. And this Baker Mayfield news don't think that's not connected in some weird way. Panthers decide this morning right before the show to release Baker Mayfield. Now, of course, he has to go through waivers. He's gonna have to do that, but I mean, you gotta tell me, Shanahan and Lynch aren't saying, hey, McCaffrey, get in here. McCaffrey, you spent time with him. With the Panthers a little bit. What's he like? What's his story? Can he carry this team? Can he do what he did for the Browns and rely on a defense and a run game and great play calling? Can you do that here? Oh, maybe that'd be a good guy at half. The Niners said this great thing where they think about what they did. They had a young player who wasn't ready, an older player who's injury prone and now they have a Perti who looked good. I'm not ready to buy in on Perti completely yet, but I believe in this team. And then you potentially have, people are trying to say Rogers should go there. That somehow, even though the trade deadline was 19 weeks ago, they were able to get him some time and not have a hundred million dollars in dead cap space. Baker is an interesting guy to look at. And we'll talk to Brandon Marshall about that right after this. Coming up, yes, he's one of my best friends in the whole world. He's an I am athlete media mogul, Brandon Marshall. He's here, I mean he's saying, let's talk about it. Look at that fit though.